Coastal Metropolis - Environmental Histories of Modern New York City

An Interdisciplinary Overview of New York City's Relationship with Its Waterways and Coastlines Since 1889

About the author

Carl A. Zimring (Editor)
Carl A. Zimring is professor of sustainability studies in the Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute. He is the author of Aluminum Upcycled, Clean and White, and The Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste, and co-author of Technology and the Environment in History, among other titles.

Steven H. Corey (Editor)
Steven H. Corey is professor of history and dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Columbia College Chicago. He co-authored America's Urban History and Garbage! The History of Politics and Trash in New York City and co-edited The American Urban Reader: History and Theory.

Summary

New insight into how modern New York City transformed its air, land, and water as it grew.

Product details

• Assisted by: Steven H Corey (Editor), Steven H. Corey (Editor), Carl A Zimring (Editor), Carl A. Zimring (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780822946526
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4652-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 231 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 558 g
• Series: History of the Urban Environment; Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics